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Danielle Graham

Founder of The Firehood

Toronto, Ontario

Overview

Work Experience

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The Firehood

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - Current

    Advancing the participation, leadership, and prosperity of women in technology, the Firehood will set the status quo ablaze #FirehoodAngels

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Archangel Network of Funds

  • General Partner of Phoenix Fire

    2020

    Phoenix Fire is an angel fund investing in women entrepreneurs across Canada. As the fourth fund within Archangel, with the mission of unlocking capital through the support of a consortium of superangels and venture capitalists. To accelerate the transition of Canada to an innovation economy, we have made angel investment accessible to investors who otherwise are not able to participate.

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ventureLAB

  • Venture Growth Advisor - Capital Investment Program

    2020

    As part of the Capital Investment Program's advisory team, I work with promising tech startups across Canada, helping them to build and execute a fundraising strategy that supports growth.

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Equivesto

  • Board Member

    2018

BV

Brampton Venture Zone by TMU

  • Executive In Residence - Capital

    2021 - 2023

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Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN)

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2020

    GTAN is a members-only organization comprised of Angel Investors seeking investment opportunities in promising, early-stage businesses. It is a vital financing ecosystem participant, being a nonprofit powered by a team of remarkable individuals who volunteer time and talent to ensure next generation innovation gets financed.

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Sandpiper Ventures

  • Investment Principal

    2020 - 2020

OC

Ontario Centre of Innovation

  • Program Manager

    2017 - 2019

    Fund Manager at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), overseeing the Market Readiness (MR) Program, SmartStart Seed Fund (SSSF) and other early stage investment and company-led funding programs to help commercialize intellectual property (IP) developed in Ontario. Building strategic partnerships with the Angel and Venture Capital community for mutual deal flow, external review, investment advisory and co-investment opportunities.

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Communitech

  • Women in Tech Program Manager

    2016 - 2017

    • Founder and manager of Canada’s first female-focused entrepreneurial accelerator through the Fierce Founders Accelerator and Bootcamp • Mentored diverse, high-potential technology startups with up to +$2 million in revenue including their management, organizational development, and productivity to accelerate their strategic growth and sales • Recruited startups, facilitators, and mentors for the Fierce Founders programs and effectively delivered the coaching and mentoring services to develop and commercialize new technologies

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Deloitte Canada

  • Consultant

    2014 - 2016

    Consultant (Human Capital, Technology Adoption, Innovation and Business Transformation) 2014 – 2016 • Innovation Lab Product Development Consultant Leveraged innovative techniques, including design-thinking, to assess market viability of ideas for rapid employee feedback tool within the Deloitte Innovation Lab • Post-Merger Integration & Distribution Design Consultant Conducted a review of the current state finance structure, identified opportunities to address challenges, and developed a service delivery model that shifted the function towards a centralized future state structure • Business Transformation & Technology Adoption Consultant Managed the design and delivery of two implementations of Deloitte’s proprietary As One diagnostic across the organization to measure progress in transforming their organization and executing on their strategic priorities

Education

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